WO2016013584A1 - 製氷装置 - Google Patents

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WO2016013584A1
WO2016013584A1 PCT/JP2015/070852 JP2015070852W WO2016013584A1 WO 2016013584 A1 WO2016013584 A1 WO 2016013584A1 JP 2015070852 W JP2015070852 W JP 2015070852W WO 2016013584 A1 WO2016013584 A1 WO 2016013584A1
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江利川　肇
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富士電機株式会社
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C1/00—Producing ice
    • F25C1/22—Construction of moulds; Filling devices for moulds
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C5/00—Working or handling ice
    • F25C5/14—Apparatus for shaping or finishing ice pieces, e.g. ice presses
    • F25C5/142—Apparatus for shaping or finishing ice pieces, e.g. ice presses extrusion of ice crystals

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  • the present invention relates to an ice making device having a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion mechanism, and an evaporator.
  • An auger type ice making machine is known as an ice making device having a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion mechanism, and an evaporator of this type (for example, Patent Document 1).
  • This auger type ice making machine includes an ice making part having a heat insulating structure for making ice pieces from supplied water.
  • the ice making part is formed as a heat insulating structure by winding a pipe-shaped evaporator constituting a refrigeration cycle around an outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical ice making cylinder and surrounding the periphery with a heat insulating material.
  • the ice making unit causes the water supplied to the bottom of the ice making cylinder to be iced on the inner wall surface of the ice making cylinder by the operation of the refrigeration cycle.
  • the ice making unit is disposed in the ice making cylinder and is thin ice that has landed on the inner wall surface of the ice making cylinder by an auger (screw-like rotary cutting blade) that is rotated by a drive motor connected via a speed reducer. In addition, it is cut into flakes and pushed up, and is compressed and solidified by an ice compression extrusion head provided above the auger, and then cut at the tip of the extrusion head to form chip-like ice pieces. It is configured.
  • This type of auger type ice making machine is superior in its small size and high ice making capacity.
  • the auger type ice making machine cuts and pushes up the thin ice that has landed on the inner wall surface of the ice making cylinder into flakes by the driving force of the drive motor and compresses it by an ice compression extrusion head provided above the auger.
  • the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides an ice making apparatus capable of forming chip-shaped ice pieces after extruding solid ice in one direction without requiring a drive source. For the purpose.
  • the inventors focused on the point that the volume expands in the process of water changing into an individual at a temperature below the freezing point, and pushes the pressure due to the volume expansion in one direction. By using it as a propulsive force, an invention has been obtained in which chip-shaped ice pieces are formed without a drive source.
  • an ice making device having a refrigeration cycle comprising a compressor, a condenser, an expansion mechanism, and an evaporator.
  • An ice making cylinder having an ice making chamber having a discharge port at the upper end of a hole extending linearly in the vertical direction and having an ice making water inlet at the lower portion, and the ice making chamber was supplied to the ice making chamber through the inlet.
  • An evaporator that cools the ice-making cylinder so as to freeze the ice-making water, and an ice breaker that is located in an upper area of the ice-making chamber in the ice-making cylinder and has an ice piece forming section that crosses the axis of the ice making chamber Yes.
  • the ice making chamber in the ice making cylinder has a tapered portion whose cross-sectional area gradually increases from the lower side toward the upper side, and pressure due to volume expansion when the ice making water changes to ice by cooling by the evaporator
  • a columnar ice mass that travels upward in the ice making chamber is formed, and the traveling direction of the columnar ice mass that is pushed out from the discharge port of the ice making chamber by the progress of ice making is formed as an ice piece of an ice breaker
  • the ice pieces are formed by changing the direction in such a manner that the columnar ice blocks are bent in excess of the breaking stress by being brought into contact with the portion.
  • the tapered portion of the ice making chamber may have a gradient in which the ratio of the cross-sectional area other than the lower end to the cross-sectional area of the lower end of the tapered portion is greater than 1 and less than or equal to 1.09. Is defined.
  • the present invention is the above ice making device, wherein the ice making chamber is configured such that a portion above the lower region facing the inlet for introducing ice making water is an ice making region, and the ice making region is formed as the tapered portion. It is characterized by.
  • the present invention is the above ice making device, wherein the lower step in which the cross-sectional area of the lower area is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the ice making area at the boundary between the lower area of the ice making chamber and the ice making area above the lower area. It is formed.
  • the present invention is characterized in that, in the ice making device, a plurality of the ice making chambers are formed at predetermined intervals along the periphery of an ice making cylinder made of a cylindrical body.
  • a depression communicating with each inlet provided in a lower portion of the plurality of ice making chambers is formed at a lower end of the ice making cylinder, and extends downward in a central portion of the depression. It has an inverted conical protrusion.
  • the present invention is characterized in that, in the ice making device, the evaporator is a pipe-shaped evaporator wound around an outer peripheral surface of an ice making cylinder.
  • the present invention is characterized in that the ice making device includes a supply means for quantitatively pressurizing the ice making water and supplying the ice making water to the ice making chamber.
  • the present invention is the above ice making device, wherein the upper step has an upper step where the cross-sectional area of the upper area is larger than the cross-sectional area of the ice making area at the boundary between the upper area of the ice making chamber and the ice making area below the upper area. It is formed.
  • a chip-like ice piece can be formed without a driving source as a driving force for propelling ice in a predetermined direction by pressure due to volume expansion when ice making water becomes ice.
  • the slope of the tapered portion of the ice making chamber is within a predetermined range, the volume expansion when the ice making water becomes ice is effectively used as a driving force for pushing up the ice made in the ice making chamber. There is an effect that can be done.
  • the ice making region of the ice making chamber is formed as a tapered portion, the entire ice making chamber (particularly, ice making water is supplied) because the ice making water has a portion in the lower region of the ice making chamber. It is possible to eliminate the possibility that the lower area) freezes and ice making water is not supplied.
  • a lower step is formed at the boundary portion between the lower area of the ice making chamber and the ice making area above the lower area by making the cross-sectional area of the lower area smaller than the cross-sectional area of the ice making area. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the ice made in the ice making chamber from proceeding to the lower area of the ice making chamber and to reduce the reaction force from the step surface that receives the pressure of volume expansion when the ice making water becomes ice. There is an effect that it can be a driving force that pushes up ice.
  • a plurality of ice making chambers are formed at predetermined intervals along the periphery of the ice making cylinder, so that it is possible to improve the ability to produce ice pieces.
  • an inverted conical protrusion extends downward from the lower end of the ice making cylinder at the center of the recess communicating with the respective inlets provided in the lower part of the plurality of ice making chambers.
  • the evaporator since the evaporator is in the form of a pipe wound around the outer peripheral surface of the ice making cylinder, the evaporator can be brought into close contact with the entire outer peripheral surface of the ice making cylinder. There is an effect that it is possible to cool the battery efficiently.
  • the supply means quantitatively pressurizes the ice making water and supplies it to the ice making chamber, there is an effect that the ice making water can be stably supplied to the ice making chamber.
  • an upper step is formed at the boundary portion between the upper area of the ice making chamber and the ice making area below the upper area by making the cross-sectional area of the upper area larger than the cross-sectional area of the ice making area. Therefore, when the ice formed by the tapered portion moves upward, the resistance of the ice by the inner wall of the ice making chamber can be reduced.
  • FIG. 1A and 1B show an ice making device according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1A is an external view as viewed from the side, and FIG. 2 shows an appearance of the ice making unit according to the ice making device of FIG. 1, (a) is a side view of the ice making unit, (b) is a perspective view seen from obliquely above (a), and (c) is (a) It is the perspective view seen from the slanting lower part. 3 shows an assembled state in which the pipe-shaped evaporator and the heater are assembled to the ice making cylinder of FIG. 2, wherein (a) is a top view seen from above, and (b) is a bottom view seen from below. It is.
  • FIG. 4 shows an assembled state in which an ice breaker and a joint are assembled to the ice making cylinder body of FIG. 3, (a) is a perspective view seen from diagonally above, (b) is a perspective view seen from diagonally below, (c) is the perspective view which removed the joint from (b).
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the ice making unit.
  • FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the ice making cylinder.
  • FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a main part of a modification of the ice making device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
  • an ice making device 1 is formed by an ice making unit 10 having a heat insulating structure that forms ice pieces by freezing ice making water accommodated in an ice making cylinder, and the ice making unit 10.
  • the ice storage part 20 of the heat insulation structure which stores an ice piece on a cocoon child.
  • the ice storage part 20 is formed as a heat-insulating housing by a heat-insulating material 23 in which a stock solution of hard plastic foam is injected as a heat-insulating core material between a bottomed cylindrical inner cylinder 21 and an outer cylinder 22 and has an upper end opening. It is blocked by a lid 30 having a heat insulating structure.
  • An opening through which the ice making unit 10 passes is provided at the center of the bottom of the ice storage unit 20, and the upper end of the ice making unit 10 faces the inside of the ice storage unit 20 through the opening.
  • the heat insulating material 23 of the ice storage unit 20 is formed by injecting a stock solution of hard plastic foam and foam-molding the ice making unit 10 described later through the bottom of the ice storage unit 20.
  • a packing such as an O-ring is appropriately attached to the joint between the ice making unit 10 and the ice storage unit 20.
  • the ice making unit 10 includes an ice making cylinder 11 having an upper end facing the inside of the ice storage part 20, and a pipe-shaped evaporator wound around the outer peripheral surface of the ice making cylinder 11. 12, an ice breaker 13 fixed to the upper end of the ice making cylinder 11, a joint 14 fixed to the lower end of the ice making cylinder 11, and the evaporator 12 wound around the outer peripheral surface of the ice making cylinder 11.
  • a heat insulating material (foaming mold using a foaming mold) 15 surrounding the periphery is provided, and the heat insulating material 15 forms a heat insulating structure.
  • the ice-making cylinder 11 is a metal (for example, stainless steel) cylindrical body and has a shape like a rotary magazine of a revolver-type handgun. That is, the ice making cylinder 11 is formed by forming a plurality of ice making chambers 111, 111... At a predetermined interval along the periphery of the cylindrical body. 6 ice making chambers 111, 111... Are provided.
  • Each ice making chamber 111 has a circular cross section and is formed as a hole extending in the vertical direction in the ice making cylinder 11, and has a discharge port 111 a having a circular cross section at the upper end, similar to the ice making chamber 111.
  • Each ice making chamber 111 has a semicircular inlet having a circular cross section partially closed by the meat of the peripheral wall 113 that forms the periphery of a circular recess 112 that is slightly smaller than the ice making cylinder 11 at the lower end. 111b.
  • the ice making chamber 111 gradually increases in cross-sectional area as the ice making region IMK around which at least the pipe-shaped evaporator 12 is wound moves from the lower side toward the upper side. It is formed as a tapered portion.
  • the taper gradient is determined in accordance with the volume expansion (1.09 times) when water changes to ice. More specifically, the tapered portion (ice-making region IMK) of the ice making chamber 11 is tapered such that the ratio of the cross-sectional area other than the lower end to the cross-sectional area of the lower end of the tapered portion is greater than 1 and equal to or less than 1.09. The slope of is determined.
  • a lower step 111c (see FIG. 6) is provided at a boundary portion between the lower end of the ice making region IMK and its lower region because the sectional area of the lower end of the ice making region IMK is larger than the sectional area of the lower region. ing.
  • an upper step 111d (see FIG. 6) is provided at the boundary portion between the upper end of the ice making region IMK and the upper region thereof because the cross sectional area of the upper region is larger than the cross sectional area of the upper end of the ice making region IMK. ing.
  • a screw hole 114 (see FIG. 3) is formed at the center of the upper end of the ice making cylinder 11.
  • the screw hole 114 is located at the center of the ice making cylinder 11, and the central axes of the six ice making chambers 111 are located on the same radius from the center axis of the screw hole 114.
  • an inverted conical projection 115 is formed at the center of the recess 112 at the lower end of the ice making cylinder 11.
  • a hole (not shown) in which the temperature sensor S1 is mounted is formed in the peripheral wall 113 that forms the periphery of the recess 112, and a screw hole 116 for screwing the joint 14 is formed.
  • the pipe-shaped evaporator 12 corresponds to the ice making region IMK (see FIG. 5) above the intermediate portion of the ice making cylinder 11, that is, the lower region where the ice making water flows in the ice making chamber 111 formed in the ice making body 11. It is wound 3 to 4 turns on the outer peripheral surface of the part to be performed.
  • the evaporator 12 cools the liquid refrigerant in the inlet pipe 121, that is, the high-temperature and high-pressure gas refrigerant compressed by the operation of the compressor constituting the refrigeration cycle, into a high-temperature and high-pressure liquid refrigerant by an expansion mechanism.
  • the liquid refrigerant having a constant pressure After the liquid refrigerant having a constant pressure is supplied and the liquid refrigerant passes through the evaporator 12 wound around the outer peripheral surface of the ice making cylinder 11, it takes heat from the ice making cylinder 11 and evaporates.
  • the gas refrigerant is configured to be returned to the compressor via the outlet pipe 122 of the evaporator 12.
  • a portion of the ice making cylinder 11 around which the evaporator 12 is wound (that is, the ice making range IMK of the ice making chamber 111) is cooled to a predetermined temperature (for example, 10 degrees below zero), and then the ice making cylinder Operation control is performed so that the body 11 maintains a predetermined temperature.
  • a predetermined temperature for example, 10 degrees below zero
  • a temperature sensor S2 for detecting the temperature of the gas refrigerant is attached to the outlet pipe 122 via an attachment fitting 123 having an S-shaped cross section.
  • the temperature sensor S2 is a well-known sensor that detects the outlet temperature of the evaporator 12 and increases the operation efficiency of the compressor.
  • the ice breaker 13 is made of metal and includes a screw part 131 and an ice piece forming part 132 as shown in FIGS.
  • the screw portion 131 is formed with a male screw corresponding to a screw hole 114 formed at the upper end of the ice making cylinder 11, and the ice breaker 13 is screwed into the screw hole 114, whereby the ice breaker 13 is made into the ice making cylinder 11. It is fixed to.
  • the ice piece forming portion 132 is slightly larger than the screw portion 131 and has a size that does not overlap with the holes of the six ice making chambers 111 provided in the ice making cylinder 11, and the cylindrical portion 132 a and the inclined surface portion. 132b.
  • the cylindrical portion extends upward from the upper end of the ice making cylinder 11 by a predetermined dimension.
  • the inclined surface part 132b is a hexahedron having an inclined surface radially extending from the cylindrical part 132a so as to cross the axial lines of the six ice making chambers 111 provided in the ice making cylinder 11.
  • each inclined surface of the hexahedron in the inclined surface portion 132 b faces the holes of the six ice making chambers 111 provided in the ice making cylinder 11. Is done.
  • the ice piece forming part 132 of the ice breaker 13 is formed with a drain hole 133 which is perforated in the vertical direction and has a horizontal hole formed at the bottom.
  • the joint 14 is made of metal, and as shown in FIG. 5, a funnel-shaped ice-making water introduction portion 141 to which ice-making water is supplied, and a cylindrical coupling portion 142 connected to the upper portion of the ice-making water introduction portion 141. And an eaves part 143 extending outward from the upper end of the ice making water introduction part 141.
  • the cylindrical coupling portion 142 is formed in a size that fits into a recess 112 formed in the lower end of the ice making cylinder 11, and a holding groove for the O-ring P is formed on the outer peripheral surface.
  • the flange 143 has a diameter that is slightly larger than the diameter of the ice making cylinder 11, and a hole (not shown) and a screw hole 116 in which the temperature sensor S ⁇ b> 1 provided on the peripheral wall 113 at the lower end of the ice making cylinder 11 is mounted.
  • a screw insertion hole 143a is provided.
  • the ice making water introducing portion 141 has an ice making water introducing tube 141a formed at a conical bottom, and an ice making water supply pipe, for example, a storage tank for storing tap water as ice making water (in this ice making water introducing tube 141a).
  • the supply pipe from the system is connected.
  • the ice making device 1 itself does not have a water level adjusting mechanism.
  • the water level in the ice making cylinder 11 (ice making chamber 111) is made into ice. It is necessary to maintain an appropriate water level at the height position of the evaporator 12 wound around the cylinder 11.
  • the appropriate water level is the upper limit water level of the ice making region IMK (see FIGS. 5 and 6) in the ice making chamber 111 of the ice making cylinder 11.
  • the ice making cylinder 11 (ice making chamber). 111) can be maintained at an appropriate water level at the height of the evaporator 12 wound around the ice making cylinder 11.
  • the joint 14 is not limited to metal.
  • the heat insulating material 15 is a state in which an assembly part formed by assembling the evaporator 12, the ice breaker 13 and the joint 14 to the ice making cylinder 11 is housed in the foaming mold, and the hard plastic foam stock solution is placed in the foaming mold. By pouring and foaming, the periphery of the assembly part is surrounded and the ice making part 10 is used as a heat insulating structure.
  • the plate-like heater 16 (see FIGS. 3 and 4) wound around the outer peripheral surface of the lower part of the ice making cylinder 11 prevents the ice making water supplied to the ice making water introducing portion 141 in the joint 14 from freezing. It is to prevent.
  • the heater 16 is energized based on the detection output from the temperature sensor S1 mounted on the peripheral wall 113 formed at the lower end of the ice making cylinder 11, and the ice making water staying in the ice making water introducing portion 141 in the joint 14 is frozen. There is nothing to do.
  • the heater 16 is covered with an insulator, and terminals T1 and T2 are fixed to both ends thereof.
  • the heater 16 is preferably formed in a horseshoe shape by an elastic spring material. In this case, the heater 16 can be brought into close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the ice making cylinder 11.
  • the assembly of the ice making unit 10 will be described below. That is, when assembling the ice making unit 10, the screw breaker 13 of the ice breaker 13 is screwed into the screw hole 114 formed at the upper end of the ice making tube 11 to fix the ice breaker 13 to the ice making tube 11.
  • the hexagonal inclined surfaces of the inclined surface portion 132b of the ice breaker 13 are positioned and fixed so as to face the holes of the six ice making chambers 111 provided in the ice making cylinder 11.
  • the joint 14 is attached by fitting the cylindrical coupling portion 142 of the joint 14 into the recess 112 formed at the lower end of the ice making cylinder 11.
  • the ice making cylinder 11 is placed in a net-like shape.
  • the cylindrical coupling portion 142 of the joint 14 is fitted into the recess 112. As a result, the water filter 17 is sandwiched between the coupling portion 142 and the bottom of the recess 112.
  • a screw is screwed into a screw hole 116 provided in the peripheral wall 113 of the ice making cylinder body 11 through an insertion hole 143 a provided in the flange portion 143 of the joint 14 to fix the joint 14 to the ice making cylinder body 11.
  • the heater 16 with the terminals T1 and T2 is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the ice making cylinder 11.
  • the heater 16 is spread so that both ends of the heater 16 are separated from each other, attached to the outer peripheral surface of the ice making cylinder 11, and then released from the heater 16. The both ends of the heater 16 approach and the heater 16 comes into close contact with the outer periphery of the ice making cylinder 11.
  • a pipe-shaped evaporator 12 is wound around the outer peripheral surface of the ice making cylinder 11.
  • the evaporator 12 is divided into an evaporation pipe wound around the ice making cylinder 11, an inlet pipe 121 and an outlet pipe 122, and after the evaporation pipe is wound around the ice making cylinder 11, inlets are provided at both ends thereof.
  • the pipe 121 and the outlet pipe 122 are connected to each other.
  • the inlet pipe 121 and the outlet pipe 122 can also be formed by bending in a direction, and the pipe-shaped evaporator 12 is not directly wound around the ice making cylinder 11, but a predetermined shape (a spiral part having 3 to 4 turns). It is also possible to attach the evaporator 12 to the ice-making cylinder 11 by soldering.
  • the assembly part formed by attaching the heater 16, the evaporator 12, the ice breaker 13 and the joint 14 to the ice making cylinder 11 is housed in the foaming mold, and the heat insulating material 15 is foam-molded.
  • the upper part (head) of the ice making cylinder 11, the inlet pipe 121 of the evaporator 12, the outlet pipe 122, the terminals T1 and T2 of the heater 16, and the connector part of the temperature sensor S1 are exposed.
  • a hard plastic foam stock solution is injected into the foaming mold and foamed to form the ice making part 10 surrounded by the heat insulating material 15.
  • the heat insulating material 15 has an upper portion (head) 15a that is slightly smaller than the body portion 15b.
  • the ice making unit 10 thus manufactured is assembled to the bottoms of the bottomed cylindrical inner cylinder 21 and outer cylinder 22 constituting the ice storage unit 20.
  • the opening at the bottom of the bottomed cylindrical inner cylinder 21 is formed in a size that allows the upper part (head) of the ice making cylinder 11 in the ice storage unit 10 to pass therethrough, and the bottom of the bottomed cylindrical outer cylinder 22 is formed. Is formed in such a size that the head portion 15a of the heat insulating material 15 in the ice storage portion 10 can penetrate therethrough.
  • the stepped portion of the body portion 15 b of the heat insulating material 15 in the ice making unit 10 comes into contact with the peripheral edge of the opening formed in the bottom of the outer cylinder 22 of the ice storage unit 20.
  • the stock solution of the hard plastic foam is injected between the inner cylinder 21 and the outer cylinder 22 of the ice storage unit 20 and foamed to form the ice storage unit 20 as a heat insulating structure and the ice making unit 10.
  • the ice making device 1 in which the ice storage unit 20 is firmly coupled is produced.
  • an O-ring P1 (see FIG. 1B) is mounted on the outer peripheral portion of the ice making cylinder 11 in the ice making unit 10.
  • the space between the opening of the inner cylinder 21 of the ice storage unit 20 and the head of the ice making cylinder 11 in the ice making unit 10 is sealed.
  • the assembly of the ice making unit 10 to the ice storage unit 20 is not limited to the example described above, and the ice making unit 10 and the ice storage unit 20 are separately manufactured as heat insulating structures, and the ice making unit 10 is attached to the bottom of the ice storage unit 20. It can also be assembled by being fitted into the provided opening.
  • ice making water is supplied from an unillustrated cistern to the ice making chamber 111 of the ice making cylinder 11 through the joint 14. That is, the ice making water supplied from the cistern through the ice making water introduction pipe 141 a of the joint 14 to the depression 112 at the lower end of the ice making cylinder 11 passes through the semicircular inlet 111 b formed at the lower end of the ice making chamber 111. Into each ice making chamber 111.
  • ice making water is stored in the depression 112 provided at the lower end of the ice making cylinder 11, but an inverted conical projection 115 is formed at the center thereof, and the depression 112 is filled with the ice making water. Therefore, no bubbles are generated.
  • the water level of the ice making water stored in the ice making chamber 111 is at least the upper limit position of the ice making region IMK (see FIG. 5) around which the pipe-shaped evaporator 12 is wound.
  • the ice making device 1 itself does not have a water level adjusting function, and a water level adjusting mechanism for storing ice making water in a predetermined water level range is installed side by side with the ice making device 1 and the water level in the ice making chamber 111 is set. Since the water level of the ice making water stored in the ice making chamber 111 becomes the upper limit position of the ice making region IMK (see FIG. 5), the installation position of the systern is determined. It has been. Thereby, the ice making water supplied from the systern into the ice making chamber 111 is stored up to the upper limit position in the ice making region IMK (see FIG. 5).
  • the evaporator 12 is wound around the outer peripheral surface of the ice-making cylinder 11.
  • the ice making cylinder 11 is cooled when it takes heat from the ice making cylinder 11 in the process of passing through and evaporates into a gas refrigerant.
  • the cooling by the evaporator 12 is determined so that the ice-making cylinder 11 has a predetermined temperature (for example, 10 degrees below zero), and the ice-making region IMK (of the ice-making water stored in the ice-making chamber 111).
  • a predetermined temperature for example, 10 degrees below zero
  • the ice-making region IMK of the ice-making water stored in the ice-making chamber 111.
  • the inner wall of the ice making chamber 111 receives pressure due to volume expansion when the ice making water becomes ice
  • the ice making cylinder 11 forming the ice making chamber 111 is made of metal (for example, made of stainless steel) and deforms. On the contrary, pressure is applied to the ice due to the reaction from the inner wall of the ice making chamber 111.
  • the lower step 111c in which the cross-sectional area of the lower end of the ice making area IMK is larger than the cross sectional area of the lower area is provided at the boundary between the lower end of the ice making area IMK and its lower area, the ice making area IMK The ice formed at the lower end of the hook is caught on the horizontal surface of the lower step 111c and becomes a propulsive force that pushes the ice upward by the reaction from the lower step 111c.
  • the ice made in the ice making region IMK in the ice making chamber 111 is pushed upward as the ice making progresses, and the ice making chamber 111 is pushed upward.
  • the ice making area IMK in the ice making chamber 111 leaves a lower area through which the ice making water supplied to the ice making area IMK passes (flows), so that the ice making water supply passage to the ice making chamber 111 freezes and the ice making water flows. There is no loss of supply.
  • the ice mass that progresses upward from the ice making region IMK of the ice making chamber 111 to the upper part of the ice making region IMK of the ice making chamber 111 and the upper area of the ice making region 111 has a cross-sectional area in the upper region.
  • An upper step 111d that is larger than the cross-sectional area of the upper end of the IMK is provided.
  • the cross-sectional area of the upper region is formed larger than the cross-sectional area of the ice making region IMK, the ice mass that moves upward in the ice making chamber 111 is not subjected to resistance by the inner wall of the ice making chamber 111.
  • the columnar ice block travels upward (vertical direction) along the cylindrical portion 132a of the ice breaker 13.
  • the traveling direction of the ice block that extends in the vertical direction is changed.
  • the ice mass in the ice making chamber 111 is held on the inner wall of the ice making chamber 111 and the vertical posture is maintained.
  • the ice pieces formed in this manner fall into the ice storage unit 20 and are stored.
  • the operation of the compressor of the refrigeration cycle is stopped and the ice making device 1 enters a standby state.
  • the ice storage unit 20 is provided with stirring means for stirring the stored ice pieces to suppress the formation of large ice blocks.
  • the temperature sensor S1 provided at the lower end of the ice making cylinder 11 is used to monitor the cooling temperature of the lower part of the ice making cylinder 11, and the ice making water staying in the lower area of the ice making chamber 111 is frozen based on the output of the temperature sensor S1.
  • the heater 16 is energized.
  • the environmental temperature (specification) in which this type of ice making device 1 is installed is set in a range of about 1 ° C. to 40 ° C., but it may be indoors at night in winter (especially in cold regions).
  • the ice making water staying in the lower area of the ice making chamber 111 in the ice making cylinder 11 may freeze, even if measures are taken to prevent bursting of the supply pipeline from the cistern to the ice making device 1 in some cases.
  • the heater 16 may be energized based on the detection output of a temperature sensor (not shown) that detects the outside air temperature.
  • the temperature of the ice-making water can be increased by heating the ice-making water by energizing the heater 16, thereby obtaining a phenomenon that the high-temperature water freezes in a shorter time than the lower-temperature water, that is, the Mupemba effect. Can do.
  • the ice making chamber 111 is described as having a circular cross-sectional shape, but the cross-sectional shape can be a polygon such as a square, and is not limited to the shape of the embodiment. .
  • the ice storage part 20 was provided with the cover body 30 in embodiment, it was set as the airtight structure which does not have the cover body 30, and provided the ice piece outlet (not shown) in the side wall of the ice storage part 20
  • an ice carry-out door that opens and closes the ice piece outlet
  • a solenoid that controls opening and closing of the ice carry-out door
  • an open / close button that gives a drive command to the solenoid
  • It can also be configured to open and close the door to carry out ice.
  • the stirring means provided in the ice storage unit 20 are simultaneously operated to stir the ice pieces stored in the ice storage unit 20 to ensure the ice discharge from the ice piece outlet. can do.
  • the heater 16 is mounted on the outer peripheral surface of the ice making cylinder 11, but the evaporator 12 is used as a condenser instead of the heater 16, that is, the refrigerant passes through the evaporator 12. It is also possible to eliminate the heater 16 by causing the reverse flow to function as a condenser.
  • the ice making device 1 has a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion mechanism, and an evaporator 12, and extends linearly in the vertical direction.
  • An ice making cylinder 11 having an ice making chamber 111 having a discharge port 111a at the upper end of the hole and an ice making water introduction port 111b at the lower part, and ice making water supplied into the ice making chamber 111 through the introduction port 111b.
  • An evaporator 12 that cools the ice making cylinder 11 so as to be frozen; an ice breaker 13 that has an ice piece forming portion 132 that is located above the ice making chamber 111 in the ice making cylinder 11 and crosses the axis of the ice making chamber 111; It has.
  • the ice making chamber 111 in the ice making cylinder 11 has a tapered portion (ice making region IMK) whose cross-sectional area gradually increases from the lower side toward the upper side, and the ice making water is turned into ice by cooling by the evaporator 12.
  • a columnar ice mass that travels upward in the ice making chamber 111 is formed as a driving force that pushes up the ice by the pressure due to the volume expansion when changing, and the columnar ice mass pushed out from the discharge port 111a of the ice making chamber 111 by the progress of ice making.
  • the advancing direction is brought into contact with the ice piece forming portion 132 of the ice breaker 13, and the direction is changed in such a manner that the columnar ice block breaks beyond the breaking stress to form ice pieces.
  • the ice making water is supplied to the ice making chamber 111 from the cistern.
  • the ice making body 11 is represented by, for example, an injector or the like.
  • You may provide the supply means 40 comprised with a metering pump.
  • the supply means 40 pressurizes the ice making water quantitatively and supplies it to the ice making chamber 111.
  • the ice making water can be stably supplied to the ice making chamber 111.
  • the entire ice making device can be reduced in size.

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